From c23d5761d7dbc668c9e7699c0c4e91449d28673a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Kehrer Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 12:41:45 -0500 Subject: add faq entry to describe the error if a windows user doesn't install openssl --- docs/faq.rst | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst index 0b7bdce4..54927e66 100644 --- a/docs/faq.rst +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -14,5 +14,18 @@ to NaCl. If you prefer NaCl's design, we highly recommend `PyNaCl`_. +When I try to use ``cryptography`` on Windows I get a ``cffi.ffiplatform.VerificationError`` +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +This error looks something like: + +.. code-block:: console + + cffi.ffiplatform.VerificationError: importing '.pyd': DLL load failed: + +It typically occurs on Windows when the user has not installed OpenSSL. Download +a `pre-compiled binary`_ to resolve this issue. + .. _`NaCl`: http://nacl.cr.yp.to/ .. _`PyNaCl`: https://pynacl.readthedocs.org +.. _`pre-compiled binary`: https://www.openssl.org/related/binaries.html -- cgit v1.2.3